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Chicago examiner i list of the victims of the eastland . will be found on pages 1 2 and 3 of the second section j lai lla extra vol xv no 4-r-a m c â€¢ â€¢ * â€¢ * sunday Chicago july 25 1 91 5 sunday price five cents 782 dead recovered who is to blame x n overloaded excursion boat tied to a dock overturned in the Chicago river yes terday from 1,000 to 1,843 persons are estimated to have perished who is to blame the government officials say they checked off 2,500 passengers including babies in arms most of the babies in arms were trapped and drowned in their m6thers arms who is to blame observers keener even than the government officials say that the boat was overloaded who is to blame thej^k old boat discarded as a freight and passenger conveyance by another city came back to Chicago to be the coffin for hundreds of dead who is to blame a notoriously unseaworthy vessel was put into commission as an excursion boat men manned such a vessel known to be unseaworthy trusted servants of the government gave a license to sail the lake with a ship which was fit only for a junk pile this is the law federal statutes state that boat captains or owners guilty of carelessness resulting in loss of life may be tried for manslaughter the maxi mum penalty is ten years imprisonment a 10 000 fine or both who is jo.blame ill loss 1843 in eastland wreck captain and 31 held four inquiries opened to fix blame all night search for victims goes on 657 rescues announced 257 bodies identified minimum loss is put at 1,,000 boat overloaded is charge examiner starts relief fund with 1,000 from w r hearst the Chicago examiner has started a relief fund for the sufferers from the eastland disaster and wil liam randolph hearst heads it with his personal sub scription of one thousand dollars subscrip tions large and small should be sent to the cashier Chicago examiner and each donation will be acknowl - edged in these columns after wobbling around the lakes for twelve yeart always duly inspected the steamship eastland ended its career and the lives of hundreds of chicagoan yesterday by toppling over on its side in the river the figures on the dead varied from a minimum of 1,000 to the police estimated maximum of 1,843 government inspectors say there were only 2,5.00 passengersâ€”the legal limit on board other witnesses insist there were more the police claim to have evi dence that the steamship's condition permitted it under federal regulations to carry but 2,070 four official investigations are afoot to determine who was to blame after canvassing the situation late last night the coroner's jurv estimated the dead at from 1,000 to 1,200 the iurors admitted however that thev had been con pelled to guess as to the number of bodies remaining in the hull and in the river the police reported 720 bodies at the second regiment armorv and 62 in undertaking establishments the western electric comoanv's bureau of informa tion announced that 1,079 eastland passengers had.been accounted for but the police listed rescue recorded as 657 and the known missing as 142 1,421 dead is one estimate assuming that the persons are in error who insist that there were more than 2,500 on the boat and that the official count of 2,500 is correct and accepting the western electric figures on known survivors there would still be a possibilitv that 1,421 passengers perished accepting the police figures of 687 known rescued there would be a possibilitv of 1,843 deaths aboi thirtv of the crew also are believed to have drowned bodies are at the following undertaking establish ments only 257 identified p j gavin 642 north clark street 3 wester casket comnanv 90 east randoloh street 29 centra undertaking comoanv 318 federal street 7 carroll s 533 north clark street 9 arntzen\s 810 north clark street 9 bradlev's 1820 west harrison street t malonevs 1034 wells.street 3 sbabaro's 708 wells street 1 * . of the 782 bodies recovered onlv 257 are identified

Chicago examiner i list of the victims of the eastland . will be found on pages 1 2 and 3 of the second section j lai lla extra vol xv no 4-r-a m c â€¢ â€¢ * â€¢ * sunday Chicago july 25 1 91 5 sunday price five cents 782 dead recovered who is to blame x n overloaded excursion boat tied to a dock overturned in the Chicago river yes terday from 1,000 to 1,843 persons are estimated to have perished who is to blame the government officials say they checked off 2,500 passengers including babies in arms most of the babies in arms were trapped and drowned in their m6thers arms who is to blame observers keener even than the government officials say that the boat was overloaded who is to blame thej^k old boat discarded as a freight and passenger conveyance by another city came back to Chicago to be the coffin for hundreds of dead who is to blame a notoriously unseaworthy vessel was put into commission as an excursion boat men manned such a vessel known to be unseaworthy trusted servants of the government gave a license to sail the lake with a ship which was fit only for a junk pile this is the law federal statutes state that boat captains or owners guilty of carelessness resulting in loss of life may be tried for manslaughter the maxi mum penalty is ten years imprisonment a 10 000 fine or both who is jo.blame ill loss 1843 in eastland wreck captain and 31 held four inquiries opened to fix blame all night search for victims goes on 657 rescues announced 257 bodies identified minimum loss is put at 1,,000 boat overloaded is charge examiner starts relief fund with 1,000 from w r hearst the Chicago examiner has started a relief fund for the sufferers from the eastland disaster and wil liam randolph hearst heads it with his personal sub scription of one thousand dollars subscrip tions large and small should be sent to the cashier Chicago examiner and each donation will be acknowl - edged in these columns after wobbling around the lakes for twelve yeart always duly inspected the steamship eastland ended its career and the lives of hundreds of chicagoan yesterday by toppling over on its side in the river the figures on the dead varied from a minimum of 1,000 to the police estimated maximum of 1,843 government inspectors say there were only 2,5.00 passengersâ€”the legal limit on board other witnesses insist there were more the police claim to have evi dence that the steamship's condition permitted it under federal regulations to carry but 2,070 four official investigations are afoot to determine who was to blame after canvassing the situation late last night the coroner's jurv estimated the dead at from 1,000 to 1,200 the iurors admitted however that thev had been con pelled to guess as to the number of bodies remaining in the hull and in the river the police reported 720 bodies at the second regiment armorv and 62 in undertaking establishments the western electric comoanv's bureau of informa tion announced that 1,079 eastland passengers had.been accounted for but the police listed rescue recorded as 657 and the known missing as 142 1,421 dead is one estimate assuming that the persons are in error who insist that there were more than 2,500 on the boat and that the official count of 2,500 is correct and accepting the western electric figures on known survivors there would still be a possibilitv that 1,421 passengers perished accepting the police figures of 687 known rescued there would be a possibilitv of 1,843 deaths aboi thirtv of the crew also are believed to have drowned bodies are at the following undertaking establish ments only 257 identified p j gavin 642 north clark street 3 wester casket comnanv 90 east randoloh street 29 centra undertaking comoanv 318 federal street 7 carroll s 533 north clark street 9 arntzen\s 810 north clark street 9 bradlev's 1820 west harrison street t malonevs 1034 wells.street 3 sbabaro's 708 wells street 1 * . of the 782 bodies recovered onlv 257 are identified